Writer and filmmaker Kathleen Collins' work was little-known in her lifetime—she died at the age of 46 in 1988—but she gained a new following with the posthumous release of her short story collection Whatever Happened To Interracial Love? In 2016. This new book collects Collins' writing in a variety of genres—diary entries, along with fiction, letters, plays, and screenplays—edited by her daughter, Nina Lorez Collins.

This novel follows a character named Bertha Truitt, a mysterious woman who was discovered unconscious in a cemetery next to a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold—and who goes on to open a bowling alley.

By the author of The Hate U Give, On The Come Up follows a teenage girl who wants to be a rapper—but her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, and she finds herself portrayed as a menace by the media.

In this essay collection, Esmé Weijun Wang shares her experience with schizoaffective disorder and discusses the medical community's approach to schizophrenia (which is not a single unifying diagnosis), blending her personal story with research.

Melissa Michal's debut book is a short story collection about contemporary Haudenosaunee characters living on and off the rez.

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